Assertion(A): According to the Wavell Plan, the number of Hindu and Muslim members in the Executive Council were to be equal. Reason(R) : Wavell thought that this arrangement would have avoided the partition of India.

The Assertion is true because the Wavell Plan, proposed at the Simla Conference in 1945, explicitly suggested that the Viceroy's Executive Council would be reconstructed to include equal representation for Caste Hindus and Muslims. The Reason is false because Lord Wavell did not propose this parity with the specific thought or intention of avoiding the partition of India. His primary objective was to break the political deadlock, form an interim government to seek cooperation in the ongoing World War II, and draft a new constitution. There is no historical evidence to suggest that Wavell believed this specific arrangement was a definitive solution to prevent partition. Therefore, while the factual statement in the assertion is correct, the motive attributed in the reason is historically inaccurate.